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Personal info

Full name
HART, Carl Johnston
Date of birth
12 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
O-749903
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
546th Bombardment Squadron,
384th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal With Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Wiesbaden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 2 16

Immediate family

Members
Carl J. Hart (father)
Emma M. (Johnston) Hart (mother)
Doris M. Hart (sister)
Phyllis (White) Hart (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-107057
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Spirit of '96
Destination: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 9414

More information

Carl J. Hart attended Williston Academy in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

The airplane was hit by flak. The tail was blown off in front of the horizontal stabilizer. The airplane nosed over straight down, out of control, and was lost in the clouds.

Four crew members were taken prisoner and five men were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Williston Academy Yearbook 1941